Two bits of good news for World of Warcraft fans have been announced this week. The first being that the next expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, has been given a release date of November 13. The second is that there will be a Collector’s Edition available to buy.

The standard edition will sell for US$39.99 and the Collector’s Edition will be US$69.99. So what do you get for the extra money the Collector’s Edition costs? Here’s the list of goodies from Blizzard:

The Art of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, a 208-page book featuring never-before-seen images from the game.

An exclusive in-game pet: Frosty, the baby frost wyrm.

A behind-the-scenes DVD containing over an hour of developer interviews, the Wrath of the Lich King intro cinematic with director’s commentary and more.

The official soundtrack CD, containing 21 epic tracks from the game, along with exclusive bonus tracks.

A mouse pad featuring a map of the newly opened continent of Northrend.

Two World of Warcraft Trading Card Game March of the Legion™, starter decks, along with two exclusive cards available only in the Collector’s Edition.

Expect the WoW servers to be very busy for the rest of November around the world as Blizzard are simultaneously launching the expansion in North America, Europe, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Russia. A day later Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand get it, and by the 18th Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau players will be installing as well.

Blizzard must have really beefed up their servers to be able to achieve a release across so many regions in the space of a single week. I suppose they have been doing this long enough now to be able to cope with heavy demand and have surely sorted out most of the bottlenecks while regularly supporting more than 10 million players.